Tortureds Quotes & Sayings

The greatest thing is a life of obedience in the routine things of everyday life. No amount of fine feeling can take the place of faithful doing. — William Barclay

You can say you're sorry 5,000 times, but that doesn't mean you mean it. — Khloe Kardashian

It's wrong," he says. "It doesn't matter if your parents are in a better place, they aren't here with you, and that's wrong, Tris. It shouldn't have happened. It shouldn't have happened to you. And anyone who tells you it's okay is a liar. — Veronica Roth

On her eighteenth birthday, my mother had disposed of a man-eating tiger that had ravaged the villages in the hills north of Hanoi. Now, without a moment's hesitation, she raised my father's gun, took aim and put a single, irreproachable bullet through my husband's head. — Angela Carter

This is a racist and imperialist war. The warmongers who stole the White House have hijacked a nation's grief and turned it into a perpetual war on any non-white country they choose to describe as terrorist. — Woody Harrelson

Amazingly talented singer who sang like an angry angel — Tom Morello

I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it. — Brian Eno

In-laws were often used as plot devices to drive a happy couple apart, to destroy marital love and trust. — Jeanine Basinger

Fretting over how life ends, or anything else for that matter, is a complete waste of time. — Samantha Sotto

She giggled, then popped a lollipop back in her mouth. "Okay, before you tell me no, I already cleared it with Ash."
I frowned. "Cleared what?"
"Ash is throwing a little New Year's Eve party at her house. It's just going to be a few of us. Daemon is going."
"Uh, I doubt Ash is okay with me going to her party."
"No, she is." Dee pinged around the living room like a captured butterfly. "She promised she'd be cool with it. I think you're growing on her."
"Like mold," I muttered. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

I even get tired performing standup, which is normally a low-impact exercise in futility but looks hard the way I do it. That's why I take a lot of breaks, often stopping in the middle of a joke to catch my breath, or blame the crowd for not laughing before the punchline. — Andy Kindler

[On speaking of family secrets:] I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air. — Barbara Neely

If we dare the difficult, we shall find the depth of being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it. — Maya Angelou